Container for hydrocarbon oils.



G. E. PETERS.

CoNAmER FDH HYDROCARBON ons.

APPUCATION FILED MM l5, ISH?.-

atented Apr. 9., 1918 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

G. E. PETERS. CONTAINER FOR HYDROCARBON OILS.

APPLlcMxoN FILED NIM/16,1917.

m2629386; Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

2 SHEETS*SHEET 2.

erzonen n. rn'rnns, or'nairrn curr, scorn DAKOTA.

CDNTINER FOR HYDROGARBON 0111s.l

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Speccation of Letters Eatent.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

Application filed May 16, 1917. Serial No. 168,985.

a certain new and useful Improvement in Containers for Hydrocarbon Oils, of which the following is a specification. y

My present invention relates generally to containing opine, and more particularly to containin cans for hydrocarbon oils, my

object being the provision of a can having means whereby to obviate the danger of filling a kerosene can with gasolene and vice versa, a further object being the provision of such means in the nature of a mechanism contained Within the can which will be strong and'lasting in use and thereby comparatively inexpensive in its manufacture.

ln the accompanying drawings illustrat ing my present invention:

Figure 1' is a vertical section through a can. adapted for kerosene;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section therethrough taken substantially on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the ioat member;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section through a can adapted to contain gasolene, and

Fig. 5 is a lvertical sectional view illustrating the adaptation of my invention to the supply tank of an oil stove or the like.

Referring now to these Igures, and more particularly to Figs. l, 2, and 3, the container can generally indicated at has an upper discharge spout 11 and is provided in its top with a lling aperture downwardly through which extends a filling tube 12, the latter having an upper .exteriorly threaded closing cap 13 and communicating at lits lower end through an opening 14 with the inner vessel 15, the latter of vertical tubular shape, disposed horizontally within the' lower portion of the can 10 and in elevated relation with respect to the base thereof, upon supports 16.

The vessel 15 has a discharge spout 17 leading upwardly therefrom-at a point diametrically opposite the filling tube 12 and projecting outwardly into the discharge spout 11 of the can 10, and the vessel 15 is further providedwith an opening 18 in the baise thereof and with a valve seat around the said opening, the 18 providing for 'communication .between the interior ofthe vessel 15 and the'interior of the can 10. 1t is thus obvious that when kerosene is introduced-.through the filling tube 12, it must pass into the vessel 15v wlth which the lower end of the filling-tube communicates by virtue of the openin 14 before it finds its way into the interior' of the can! 10 through the opening 18.

Within the vessel 15 is an enlarged float member 19, weighted accuratelytoloat in kerosene but not in gasolene the more rened and lighter hydrocarbon, an internal weight member 20 being disposed within `the oat for this purpose.

The float member 19 is further provided centrally of its lower surface with a valvemember 21, the latter of which coperates with the seat around the opening 18- in the base of the vessel to normally close the opening. From this it is obvious that when kerosene is introduced the float member 19 rises so as 'to permit of the passage of the kerosene through the opening'lS and into the can 10, but should gasolene be introducedV through mistake, the float member 19 remains seated, and the opening 18 being thus closed by the valve member 21, thev vessel 15 quickly ills and the oil backs up in the filling tube, and promptly-Warns the user that the can 10 is not filling and that the oil he is introducing is not sufficiently heavy to raise the float member 19. l, The construction shown in Fig. d in connection with the gasolene can 10 is similar in all respects to' the construction described in connection with Figs. 1, 2, and 3 except that the inner vessel 15tl has .its opening 18u -for communication with the interior of the can 10a in the top Wall thereof instead of the base, the valve member 21l1 being located at the top of the iloat member 198'. Thus, the float member 19EL being of the same Weight as the .iioat member 19, Will-remain in its normally lowered position with the opening 18"L unobstructed when gasolene is introduced within the filling tube 12, While if kerosene is introduced, the float member 198L .will rise. and move the valve member 21a against the seat around the opening 18, closing the latter so as to prevent passage of the kerosene into the can 10, with the same warning results as previously described in connection with Fig. 1.

lt is obvious that, in either of the all@ of elle invention'deseribed, tlie s'einplemenial discharge spoul of the inner vessel, ninnloerefi ffl vieles for the oliscliarge of oil from the inner vessel as well as from' the can l0 before reiilling and in case mistake has been made vby theintroductionof otherltlian the lesired. character of oil.y Y

Fig, shows ylie introduction of an inner vessel b Within the supply, tank' 10b of an oil stove and tire like, the opening 18h being in the bese of the vessel as in Figui for communication benveenl elle vesselianol the interior'lof the *tank and'thelling tubev l2 communicating Withrlie vessel by4 the lower f operiingllle" and an upper opening le?, the latier providing for the outlefc of air in connection with vthis structure, where the supplemental discharge sponts .17 enel 17 areflispenseol with.

Fnrzliermore, in the form` shown' in Fig 5, es no discharge spent leeds from the Vessel l5", the iaiter 'has a discharge opening 22 in its base elosecl 4by a control cover 23 Winch latter 1s connectedvto the ylo.ver enel or e rofl extending vertically in `ine filling tnlce iliwitli ibs upper end. disposed for engagement enel lowering movement by' the screw eeplib. so este elevate 'the cover 23 wheny the oepv 131? is screwed down to permit all of 'thefoil Wieliinftlie vessel l5b toiind `its ,wey 'into ,the tank l0 for discharge therefrom.

1li;` is obvious from elle construction of the foregoing' i;lia'e my' inven'eion provides not only a safety device ci the nature described, bnr, one which is erlaptable as Well to the rejeelfien of excessively eclulceratecl oils, which 'ir/iilbe efficient in use, end which will oe comparati inexpensive in considering elle resnl'rs er its employment.

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extending Within the said opening,l oi the vessel for closing the latter.

2. A container lfor hydrocarbons having a filling tube and a discharge spout, a vessel within the container and into 'which the filling tube opens, having means to discharge elle same While Within the container, and having an opening in its Wall providing communication between elle vessel ancl the interior of the container, said vessel being otherwise closed ami` having a valve seaJ around its saicl opening, a float member within the vessel, and a valve member earrierl by. the iioet for cooperation with said.

seat to close eine saicl openinge 3. A container for hydrocarbons including e holder having a filling tube and a discharge spout, a vessel stationarily mounted Within the seid holder and into which elle Aseid filling "cube opens, said vessel leaving means whereby to discharge the saine While Within the holder, and having an opening providing' communication between the vessel and -the interior of ehe holder e fioar. inemleer operable within the said vessel, and a valve member carried. by elle float enel rnov#f able into elle 'said opening to close the lat-teill ener-ien n rnriens. 

